Icing on the Lake
by Catherine Clark
Published by HarperTeen on December 13, 2005
Genres: YA Contemporary Romance
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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New Year's Resolutionsby Kirsten (with help from Crystal, Jones, and Emma)
1. Survive the month at my sister's house. Survive my 3-yr-old nephew and crazy sister.
2. Learn to ice skate better. Or not fall down. Or just get a cuter skating outfit.
3. Find hockey-playing, winter-loving hottie. and invite him to the weekend cabin trip (aka "groundhog getaway") with everyone.
Oh, sure. No problem.
Going to live with your sister and find a date to Groundhog Getaway? Sounds easy, right?
Icing on the Lake by Catherine Clark is a cute romantic young adult novel. We follow Kirsten through New Year’s Eve to Groundhog Day. Kirsten learns a lot about herself, her sister, and the guy she thinks she likes.
What I liked
- It’s all in the first person. Usually, this is an iffy thing for me, but the way, Ms. Clark did it is different. We not only see Kirsten’s character development, but we see her sister’s, her nephew, and everyone else.
- That the setting is around Groundhog’s Day, not a whole lot of people do this.
- The conversations between Kirsten and Conor were hilarious.
- The relationship she has with her nephew.
What I didn’t like
One of the things I dislike is that Sean and Conor’s have this whole competition thing, they compete over everything. Another thing that I didn’t like is that Sean didn’t act like he was present for the conversations he was having with Kirsten. This is a great way to tell if that person is compatible with you and Sean wasn’t doing a great job. I dislike that Kirsten thought her sister wasn’t mature. Due to Kirsten’s sister only remembers the way she was when they were growing up, and she was in high school. The last thing I dislike is the little love triangle between Sean, Conor, and Kirsten but in 2006 this was popular.
Five Stars
Icing on the Lake by Catherine Clark is a remarkable story about finding love in a few weeks. Kirsten, Sean, and Conor all grew in this story and definitely for the better. A perfect little winter love story for Groundhog’s Day. I highly recommend this book to those who love young adult romances.
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About Catherine Clark
Anyway, she has written several books for children, tweens, and teens. She’s also worked in public television, publishing, and bookselling. It’s all about word choice, pretty much.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2019 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge
- 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge
Thanks for sharing! This cover looks really familiar and I feel like maybe I’ve read this, but then it also doesn’t sound that familiar, so I’m thinking maybe I haven’t… Added to my TBR! Along with a bunch of other books Goodreads suggested as being “like” it with equally cute covers, so you were VERY BAD for my TBR today, haha! 🙂
You are welcome, and I am very sorry about your TBR. You will enjoy this book though. I also have Love on the Lifts by Rachel Hawthorne that is similar in plot and cover.